1. The Stability Ritual Association is constituted with the object of conserving and promoting the Standard Ceremonies of Craft Masonry, as taught in the Stability Lodge of Instruction (founded 1817 and working under the sanction of the Lodge of Stability No.217) and known as 'Stability Working' and at some times and in some areas as 'Muggeridge'.
2. The objects of conserving and promoting the Stability Ritual shall be achieved, inter alia, by means of recording, demonstrating, and otherwise making known, the words, forms, and customs used in the Stability Lodge of Instruction and in other Lodges regularly practising the Stability working. The recommended form shall be those agreed to be the oldest and most consistent with the work of Philip Broadfoot and Peter Thomson, the original Preceptors, and the recommended forms shall be incorporated as such in future editions of published Stability Rituals, but without detriment to minor variations long established in individual Lodges.
3. Membership is open to Lodges and Lodges of Instruction working under the sanction of regularly constituted Craft Lodges in the English Constitution; or sanctioned by Grand Lodges recognised as regular by the United Grand Lodge of England.
4. The Officers shall be a Chairman and a Secretary who shall each be elected annually by simple majority of the Lodges attending the Annual General Meeting. In addition to the Officers, four Committee Members shall be similarly elected in the Annual General Meeting, and the Committee, comprising of the three Officers and four Committee members aforesaid, shall manage the affairs of the Association between General Meetings, and is empowered to co-opt additional members as necessary.
5. An Annual General Meeting shall be held in or about November of each year, but so that no more than 15 months shall elapse between AGMs. A Special General Meeting shall be called, if requested in writing by at least one third of the member Lodges. Twenty-eight days’ notice by email of any General Meeting shall be given to every member, (and sent to the email address of the Secretary/SRA Representative thereof).
6. The financial year shall be from 1st October to 30th September. Subscriptions (which shall run from 1st January to 31st December), Joining Fees, and other fees (if any) shall be decided by ordinary resolution in General Meeting. An account examiner (or two account examiners if thought fit) shall be elected by ordinary resolution in General Meeting.
7. It is within the powers of the Annual General Meeting to create honorific offices (e.g. President, Patron, Vice-Patron) and/or elect honorary members, if the occasion arises, after due and specific notice is given in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting.
8. Changes to these rules must be agreed by not less than two-thirds of the member Lodges present after due notice given.
9. All monies and property of the Association shall be held in Trust for the Association by the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer for the time being, and the Trustees shall act as such for the Association in respect of any agreement, contract, deed or other such documents as may be necessary and approved by General Meeting.
23rd November 2021
